This book is not just poetry. It is a collection of writings, which contain several open dialogues with God. I dont claim to have any special abilities or direct link to God. Through adversity God has spoke to me and through my pain and tears God has made himself real to me. Through my backsliding God has taught me how to be real, and how to truly serve God in spirit and truth. I write about marriage as I have experienced things in my own and in other people marriages. The poem; lets just kiss and say goodnight, illustrates the struggles in so many marriages, where a sense of limbo lingers. You pray for help but what happens if the other person doesnt think there is a problem; or better yet what if the other person doesnt love you back. People can only love from where they are at in life. What you consider love might not be love to someone else. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I had enjoyed writing them. Be blessed.

Sing to the Lord, all the world! Worship the Lord with joy; come before Him with happy songs! Never forget that the Lord is God. He made us and we belong to Him; we are His people, we are His flock. Enter the temple gates with thanksgiving; go into its courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise Him. Teach me your ways, O Lord; make them known to me. Teach me to live according to your truth and righteousness, for you are my God, who saves me. I always trust in you. Even if a whole army surrounds me, I will not be afraid; even if enemies attack me, I will still trust God. The Lord will destroy death forever. He will wipe away the tears from everyone's eyes and take away disgrace we His children have suffered throughout the world. I have a message, a belief, and a story to share with the world. I have put my heart and soul into my endeavor in order to encourage others. I am not a preacher or a prophet, but this is a voice in the desert proclaiming the day of the Lord is at hand, the day of the judgment and salvation. We have been created superior to all other creatures by God, more superior even than angels. Angels were created to serve God, but man was created with a special responsibility to God and a responsibility to all other creatures. We were given the ability to participate in life by creating new life ourselves, something the angels were not. We were not created to worship God but to obey Him, for God has millions of angels to worship Him. If we fail in our responsibility to God by failing to keep His commandments, He will forgive us, but if we fail in our responsibility to one another or to the other creatures in God's creation, what then must we do? We will need to ask them to forgive us, before we turn to God. We must stop judging unjustly; we must no longer be partial to the wicked. We must defend the rights of the poor and the orphans; we must be fair to the needy and the helpless. God is neither desperate nor does He benefit or lose because of our actions. If we do what is good and walk in the right, we bring good unto ourselves. God will be pleased with good actions and bless us. God is interested in having a good relationship with us; this is the true religion-knowing what God wants and knowing that we are doing what pleases Him. It is true that for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wildflower; then the wind blows on it, and it is gone-no one sees it again. But for those who honour the Lord, His love lasts forever, and His goodness endures for all generations of those who are true to His covenant and who faithfully obey His commands. The Lord placed His throne in heaven; He is king over all. Praise the Lord, you strong and mighty angels, who obey His commands, who listen to what He says. Praise the Lord, all you heavenly powers, you servants of His, who do His will! Praise the Lord, all His creatures in all the places He rules. Praise the Lord, my soul.

Do you remember what it was like to hear your own echo? It was so amazing that you had to do it again and again. Often we stumble upon these locations by accident but when conditions are right, an echo is unavoidable. The Apostle Paul suggests that when the Holy Spirit lives inside of us, certain character traits become inevitable. Join Mark Jones as he takes you on an excursion in search of the echo of God for your own life through the examination of the Fruit of the Spirit. Echoes of Heaven is a fresh look at Galatians 5:22-23, both for individual study and small group interaction. Book jacket.

God is already at work in your life, whether or not you recognize it. Participants in this twelve-week small group Bible study will experience the whole Bible as the story of God. Plus, they will become aware of God's story continued in everyday life as they practice listening to the stories of others and to life. In Echoing the story, Brady Bryce provides a simple way for people to tell the scattered stories of their lives and re-imagine them in a bigger story. His innovative, narrative approach invites curious skeptics, casual followers of God, and committed disciples of Jesus into community through listening to shared stories.

So many Christians pray the Lord's Prayer. It is almost "second nature." This book is meant to help these people pray it more deeply and lovingly. Ecumenical and even striving to be global in nature, this book explores what the Scriptures teach us about this prayer, how the Christian tradition has approached this prayer in its long history, and how many of our contemporary concerns challenge the way we can pray this prayer, and also how the prayer can provide insights for those same concerns. People of all persuasions, believers and nonbelievers, "nones," and followers of the world's great religions will also find many of their concerns given serious consideration in this book. If you think nothing new can be said about the "Our Father," this book may surprise you.